Even on a not-so-hot summer day, the temperature inside a car can increase 10 degrees in just a couple minutes.

On June 18, 8-month-old Lincoln Lindsay died from heat exposure after he was left in a van at his father's work. The infant's body was found hours later at his home in East Louisville.

Two days later, 28-year-old Tabatha Moseley and 22-year-old Joseph Smith were charged with wanton endangerment in Bullitt County after officers found a 15-month-old baby and an 8-year-old girl unattended in a Jeep just outside the Bullitt County Judicial Center.

According to ECHO – the Exploited Children's Help Organization – a child's body heats three to five faster than an adult's.

On average, a vehicle will heat 19 degrees in 10 minutes, 34 degrees in half an hour, and up to 50 degrees in one hour.

Sturgeon recommends keeping an eye on parked vehicles, especially during the summer.

"It takes you by surprise because you don't expect you're going to see it but when you do see it, you have to act," said ECHO volunteer Suzanne Sturgeon.